On January 13, 1977 in Cantebury, Kent, England (about an hour south of London), Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was introduced into the world. Little did people know, he would grow to be one of the most well-known actors in a couple of decades.
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On January 13, 1977 in Cantebury, Kent, England (about an hour south of London), Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was introduced into the world. Little did people know, he would grow to be one of the most well-known actors in a couple of decades.
As a child, Orlando had a nice childhood: good friends, good family, and a nice upbringing. "I grew up in a big house with lots of land around it, so we used to play in the garden." Orlando also has an older sister, Samantha, who is four years older than him. Like most siblings on the planet, these two fought a lot as kids. "We're just starting to get along a lot better now that we're older. She did get me into clothes at a young age, though. She used to dress me and she'd get stuff from thrift shops. I had loafers and cowboy boots and cowboy shirts and, like, preppie-like check shirts." Orlando's mother, Sonia, ran a language school. She also helped Orlando with his performance abilities by entering him in Bible-reading and poetry-reciting competitions. His father, Harry, was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Harry died when Orlando was four: "Harry was a great man and it was as if he'd done his job, then left the world." Recent press articles have stated that when Orlando was 13, his mother told him that Colin Stone, Orlando's guardian, was his biological father.
After graduating from high school in 1993, 16-year old Orlando moved to London to join the National Youth Theatre. There, he developed his acting chops and landed a role on Casualty, a British television show. "That was my first-ever job, playing a self-mutilator - a guy who cuts himself for attention. It gave me a bit of experience. I remember shooting it in Bristol." He then recieved a scholarship to the British American Drama Academy, where he played the lead role in "A Walk in Vienna Woods." At that performance, he was noticed by an agent. This led to Orlando's first appearance on screen in the critically acclaimed Wilde in 1997.
He only had one line in Wilde, but he was soon flooded with film and television offers. Instead of accepting the offers, he chose to furthur his education: "I always planned to go to drama school. I suppose I could have trained in the industry more. But, instead, I chose an environment that would be more conductive to experimenting." He was accepted into London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. At Guildhall, Orlando performed in the productions "Little Me," "A Month in the City," "Peer Gynt," "Mephisto," "Twelfth Night," "Trojan Women," "The Seagull," "Three Sisters," "Recruiting Officer," "Antigone," "Uncle Vanya," "A Night Out," and "Mystery Plays." Finally, he appeared once again on screen in 2000, playing Peter Drinkwater in the television series Midsomer Murders. The episode, called "Judgement Day," was about brutal pitchfork murders of a local thief and womanizer.
Two days before graduating from Guildhall, Orlando was informed that Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, had cast Orlando in the role of Legolas. "When I found out I had the role it was a surreal moment. Amazing." All rejoiced, and thanks to this happening, Orlando spent the next eighteen months in New Zealand, shooting his scenes in all three movies of the Rings trilogy. Orlando's nice brown hair was replaced by nice blond wigs, and his nice brown eyes were transformed blue with contact lenses for him to complete the look for Legolas, his elf-archer character. According to an interview, Orlando was the first cast member on set: "The first thing they did was put a bow in my hand!" Orlando had to intensively train for the physical role: "I started training with a bow and arrow in order to get archery going. And horse-riding training. And then swordplay. And paddle training." He also studied Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai to find the same way of walking and posture that would give Legolas the aura of focus.
After the success of The Fellowship of the Ring, Orlando became an instant celebrity. He won the "Best Breakthrough Performance" in the 2001 Internet Movie Awards, the "Best Debut" at the 2002 Empire Awards, the "Best Breakthrough Male Performance" at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards, and was featured in Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25.
More film offers came up, and Orlando took several of them. Orlando signed on to play Private Todd Blackburn in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down, and to transform into Blackburn, Orlando picked up a southern American accent, shaved his head, and attended a Georgian boot camp. Next up, Orlando began shooting scenes in the summer of 2002, playing Joe Byrne in Ned Kelly, a film that recounts the about the life and criminal career of Australian-Irish outlaw Ned Kelly.
Following that, Orlando prepared for his first leading role in a film: The Calcium Kid. Orlando plays Jimmy, a milkman-turned-boxer who has a chance to win the world boxing title. Orlando trained for the role when he was working on Ned Kelly, and then got "really buff and fit" in London.
In the fall of 2002, Orlando signed on to co-star with Johnny Depp in Gore Verbinski's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Playing Will Turner, Orlando had to learn fencing, and spent time in Burbank, Los Angeles, to film the movie. Because of the filming schedule for this movie, Orlando was unable to attend several premieres for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which was released December 2002. Pirates of the Caribbean was a summer hit, soaring to the top of the box office. Two Pirates sequels are now in the running.
Shortly after, Orlando then signed on to play Paris in the 2004 film Troy, an epic film directed by Wolfgang Peterson. In this film, Orlando performs with a stellar cast, which includes Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, and Sean Bean. With his character wielding yet again a sword and even a bow and arrow, Orlando physically trained for the film that recounted the Trojan war. Like Pirates of the year before, Troy was a summer blockbuster hit of 2004.
Orlando now has several upcoming films.
All films aside, Orlando used to describe himself as an "adrenaline junkie" - in his younger days, he enjoyed extreme sports like sky diving, bungee jumping, paragliding, surfing and snowboarding. Because of his adventurous nature, he's had little mishaps here and there: "I've broken my back, my ribs, my nose, both my legs, my arm, my wrist, a finger a toe and I've cracked my skull three times." However, he says that there's "a little more going on than just that." Orlando is a "complete technophobe," which means that he dislikes computers, email, the internet, and all that jolly stuff. And of course, all the little interesting tidbits pop up here and there, such as him enjoying listening to Jeff Buckley, Beck, Ben Harper, and Jurassic 5.
Orlando Bloom is probably commonly known as "that elf guy from Lord of the Rings," or "that guy who fell out of the helicopter in Black Hawk Down," or "that Orlando Bloom guy," or whatnot. Well, he's just a talented human being who happens to be well known. And a lot of people admire him.
On January 13, 1977 in Cantebury, Kent, England (about an hour south of London), Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was introduced into the world. Little did people know, he would grow to be one of the most well-known actors in a couple of decades.
As a child, Orlando had a nice childhood: good friends, good family, and a nice upbringing. "I grew up in a big house with lots of land around it, so we used to play in the garden." Orlando also has an older sister, Samantha, who is four years older than him. Like most siblings on the planet, these two fought a lot as kids. "We're just starting to get along a lot better now that we're older. She did get me into clothes at a young age, though. She used to dress me and she'd get stuff from thrift shops. I had loafers and cowboy boots and cowboy shirts and, like, preppie-like check shirts." Orlando's mother, Sonia, ran a language school. She also helped Orlando with his performance abilities by entering him in Bible-reading and poetry-reciting competitions. His father, Harry, was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Harry died when Orlando was four: "Harry was a great man and it was as if he'd done his job, then left the world." Recent press articles have stated that when Orlando was 13, his mother told him that Colin Stone, Orlando's guardian, was his biological father.
After graduating from high school in 1993, 16-year old Orlando moved to London to join the National Youth Theatre. There, he developed his acting chops and landed a role on Casualty, a British television show. "That was my first-ever job, playing a self-mutilator - a guy who cuts himself for attention. It gave me a bit of experience. I remember shooting it in Bristol." He then recieved a scholarship to the British American Drama Academy, where he played the lead role in "A Walk in Vienna Woods." At that performance, he was noticed by an agent. This led to Orlando's first appearance on screen in the critically acclaimed Wilde in 1997.
He only had one line in Wilde, but he was soon flooded with film and television offers. Instead of accepting the offers, he chose to furthur his education: "I always planned to go to drama school. I suppose I could have trained in the industry more. But, instead, I chose an environment that would be more conductive to experimenting." He was accepted into London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. At Guildhall, Orlando performed in the productions "Little Me," "A Month in the City," "Peer Gynt," "Mephisto," "Twelfth Night," "Trojan Women," "The Seagull," "Three Sisters," "Recruiting Officer," "Antigone," "Uncle Vanya," "A Night Out," and "Mystery Plays." Finally, he appeared once again on screen in 2000, playing Peter Drinkwater in the television series Midsomer Murders. The episode, called "Judgement Day," was about brutal pitchfork murders of a local thief and womanizer.
Two days before graduating from Guildhall, Orlando was informed that Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, had cast Orlando in the role of Legolas. "When I found out I had the role it was a surreal moment. Amazing." All rejoiced, and thanks to this happening, Orlando spent the next eighteen months in New Zealand, shooting his scenes in all three movies of the Rings trilogy. Orlando's nice brown hair was replaced by nice blond wigs, and his nice brown eyes were transformed blue with contact lenses for him to complete the look for Legolas, his elf-archer character. According to an interview, Orlando was the first cast member on set: "The first thing they did was put a bow in my hand!" Orlando had to intensively train for the physical role: "I started training with a bow and arrow in order to get archery going. And horse-riding training. And then swordplay. And paddle training." He also studied Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai to find the same way of walking and posture that would give Legolas the aura of focus.
After the success of The Fellowship of the Ring, Orlando became an instant celebrity. He won the "Best Breakthrough Performance" in the 2001 Internet Movie Awards, the "Best Debut" at the 2002 Empire Awards, the "Best Breakthrough Male Performance" at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards, and was featured in Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25.
More film offers came up, and Orlando took several of them. Orlando signed on to play Private Todd Blackburn in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down, and to transform into Blackburn, Orlando picked up a southern American accent, shaved his head, and attended a Georgian boot camp. Next up, Orlando began shooting scenes in the summer of 2002, playing Joe Byrne in Ned Kelly, a film that recounts the about the life and criminal career of Australian-Irish outlaw Ned Kelly.
Following that, Orlando prepared for his first leading role in a film: The Calcium Kid. Orlando plays Jimmy, a milkman-turned-boxer who has a chance to win the world boxing title. Orlando trained for the role when he was working on Ned Kelly, and then got "really buff and fit" in London.
In the fall of 2002, Orlando signed on to co-star with Johnny Depp in Gore Verbinski's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Playing Will Turner, Orlando had to learn fencing, and spent time in Burbank, Los Angeles, to film the movie. Because of the filming schedule for this movie, Orlando was unable to attend several premieres for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which was released December 2002. Pirates of the Caribbean was a summer hit, soaring to the top of the box office. Two Pirates sequels are now in the running.
Shortly after, Orlando then signed on to play Paris in the 2004 film Troy, an epic film directed by Wolfgang Peterson. In this film, Orlando performs with a stellar cast, which includes Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, and Sean Bean. With his character wielding yet again a sword and even a bow and arrow, Orlando physically trained for the film that recounted the Trojan war. Like Pirates of the year before, Troy was a summer blockbuster hit of 2004.
Orlando now has several upcoming films.
All films aside, Orlando used to describe himself as an "adrenaline junkie" - in his younger days, he enjoyed extreme sports like sky diving, bungee jumping, paragliding, surfing and snowboarding. Because of his adventurous nature, he's had little mishaps here and there: "I've broken my back, my ribs, my nose, both my legs, my arm, my wrist, a finger a toe and I've cracked my skull three times." However, he says that there's "a little more going on than just that." Orlando is a "complete technophobe," which means that he dislikes computers, email, the internet, and all that jolly stuff. And of course, all the little interesting tidbits pop up here and there, such as him enjoying listening to Jeff Buckley, Beck, Ben Harper, and Jurassic 5.
Orlando Bloom is probably commonly known as "that elf guy from Lord of the Rings," or "that guy who fell out of the helicopter in Black Hawk Down," or "that Orlando Bloom guy," or whatnot. Well, he's just a talented human being who happens to be well known. And a lot of people admire him.
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Born in Kentucky and raised in Florida,Depp had the kind of upbringing that would readily lend itself to his future portrayals of brooding lost boys. After his parents divorced when he was 16, he dropped out of school a year later in the hopes of making his way in the world as a musician. Depp fronted a series of garage bands; the most successful of these, The Kids, was once the opening act for Iggy Pop. During slack times in the music business, Depp sold pens by phone. He got introduced to acting after a visit to L.A. with his former wife, who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who encouraged Depp to give it a try. The young actor made his film debut in 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street (years after attaining stardom, Depp sentimentally played a cameo in the last of the Elm Street series), and his climb to fame was accelerated in 1987, when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the Canadian-filmed TV series 21 Jump Street. Biding his time in "teen heartthrob" roles, Depp was first given a chance to exhibit his exhausting versatility in the title role of Tim Burton's fantasy Edward Scissorhands (1990).
Following the success of Edward Scissorhands, the actor made a conscious and successful effort never to repeat himself in his subsequent characterizations. He continued to gain critical acclaim and increasing popularity for his work, most notably in Benny Joon (1993), in which he played a troubled young man who fancies himself the reincarnation of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, and What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), which cast him as its title character, a young man dissatisfied with the confines of his small-town life. Following Gilbert Grape, Depp outdid himself in Burton's Ed Wood (1994), with his outrageous but lovable portrayal of the angora-sweater-worshipping World's Worst Film Director. The same year, he further exercised his versatility playing a 19th century accountant in Dead Man, Jim Jarmusch's otherworldly Western. With his excellent portrayal of the titular undercover FBI agent in Mike Newell's 1997 Donnie Brasco, Depp continued to ascend the Hollywood ranks. After a starring turn as Hunter S. Thompson's alter ego in Terry Gilliam's trippy adaptation of -Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Depp tried his hand at sci-fi horror with The Astronaut's Wife in 1999. That same year, he again collaborated with Burton on Sleepy Hollow, starring as a prim, driven Ichabod Crane in the remake of Washington Irving's classic tale of gothic terror. Appearing the following year in the small but popular romantic drama Chocolat, Depp jumped back into the big time with his role as real-life cocaine kingpin George Jung in Blow (2001) before gearing up for roles in the Jack the Ripper thriller From Hell (2001) and Robert Rodriguez's Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). In what was perhaps his most surprising departure since Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Depp shed his oftentimes angst-ridden persona for a role as flamboyant pirate Jack Sparrow in 2003's Pirates of the Caribbean.
By this point in his wildly varied career even Depp's most devoted fans would be hard pressed to speculate on the trajectory of his future career, and the only certainty seemed to be that whatever role he accepted, it would be chosen on his own terms. Shortly after making his maiden voyage into the horrific world of Stephen King with an amusingly disheveled performance in Secret Window, Depp warmed to family audiences with an Oscar nominated performances as author J.M. Barrie in the critically acclaimed Finding Neverland. An enchanting tale of wonder based on the friendship that inspired Barrie to pen the classic tale -Peter Pan, Finding Neverland earned nearly unanimous praise from audiences and critics alike. After once again re-teaming with director Burton for a both a vocal performance in the animated feature The Corpse Bride, and a role as mysterious candy magnate Willy Wonka in 2005, Depp reprised his popular role as Jack Sparrow in not one but two back-to-back Pirates of the Caribbean sequels - the first of which, entitled Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, shattered box office records. He also made plans to again work with Tim Burton, this time on an adaptation of Sweeney Todd. Around this time Depp also began flexing his producing muscles lending his talent in that capacity to both a big-screen adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's The Rum Diary, and the sweeping historical drama Shantaram. His work as a producer shows a certain savvy as he managed to talk himself into appearing in both films.
In addition to his acting, Depp has also gained a certain dose of fame for his romantic involvements with several female celebrities, including Winona Ryder, Sherilyn Fenn, and Kate Moss, and in 1999, fathered a daughter with French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis, as well as a son in 2002. He was also the owner of the Viper Room, a popular L.A. nightspot which gained notoriety when actor River Phoenix died of a drug overdose on its doorstep in 1993. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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On January 13, 1977 in Cantebury, Kent, England (about an hour south of London), Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom was introduced into the world. Little did people know, he would grow to be one of the most well-known actors in a couple of decades.
As a child, Orlando had a nice childhood: good friends, good family, and a nice upbringing. "I grew up in a big house with lots of land around it, so we used to play in the garden." Orlando also has an older sister, Samantha, who is four years older than him. Like most siblings on the planet, these two fought a lot as kids. "We're just starting to get along a lot better now that we're older. She did get me into clothes at a young age, though. She used to dress me and she'd get stuff from thrift shops. I had loafers and cowboy boots and cowboy shirts and, like, preppie-like check shirts." Orlando's mother, Sonia, ran a language school. She also helped Orlando with his performance abilities by entering him in Bible-reading and poetry-reciting competitions. His father, Harry, was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Harry died when Orlando was four: "Harry was a great man and it was as if he'd done his job, then left the world." Recent press articles have stated that when Orlando was 13, his mother told him that Colin Stone, Orlando's guardian, was his biological father.
After graduating from high school in 1993, 16-year old Orlando moved to London to join the National Youth Theatre. There, he developed his acting chops and landed a role on Casualty, a British television show. "That was my first-ever job, playing a self-mutilator - a guy who cuts himself for attention. It gave me a bit of experience. I remember shooting it in Bristol." He then recieved a scholarship to the British American Drama Academy, where he played the lead role in "A Walk in Vienna Woods." At that performance, he was noticed by an agent. This led to Orlando's first appearance on screen in the critically acclaimed Wilde in 1997.
He only had one line in Wilde, but he was soon flooded with film and television offers. Instead of accepting the offers, he chose to furthur his education: "I always planned to go to drama school. I suppose I could have trained in the industry more. But, instead, I chose an environment that would be more conductive to experimenting." He was accepted into London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. At Guildhall, Orlando performed in the productions "Little Me," "A Month in the City," "Peer Gynt," "Mephisto," "Twelfth Night," "Trojan Women," "The Seagull," "Three Sisters," "Recruiting Officer," "Antigone," "Uncle Vanya," "A Night Out," and "Mystery Plays." Finally, he appeared once again on screen in 2000, playing Peter Drinkwater in the television series Midsomer Murders. The episode, called "Judgement Day," was about brutal pitchfork murders of a local thief and womanizer.
Two days before graduating from Guildhall, Orlando was informed that Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, had cast Orlando in the role of Legolas. "When I found out I had the role it was a surreal moment. Amazing." All rejoiced, and thanks to this happening, Orlando spent the next eighteen months in New Zealand, shooting his scenes in all three movies of the Rings trilogy. Orlando's nice brown hair was replaced by nice blond wigs, and his nice brown eyes were transformed blue with contact lenses for him to complete the look for Legolas, his elf-archer character. According to an interview, Orlando was the first cast member on set: "The first thing they did was put a bow in my hand!" Orlando had to intensively train for the physical role: "I started training with a bow and arrow in order to get archery going. And horse-riding training. And then swordplay. And paddle training." He also studied Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai to find the same way of walking and posture that would give Legolas the aura of focus.
After the success of The Fellowship of the Ring, Orlando became an instant celebrity. He won the "Best Breakthrough Performance" in the 2001 Internet Movie Awards, the "Best Debut" at the 2002 Empire Awards, the "Best Breakthrough Male Performance" at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards, and was featured in Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25.
More film offers came up, and Orlando took several of them. Orlando signed on to play Private Todd Blackburn in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down, and to transform into Blackburn, Orlando picked up a southern American accent, shaved his head, and attended a Georgian boot camp. Next up, Orlando began shooting scenes in the summer of 2002, playing Joe Byrne in Ned Kelly, a film that recounts the about the life and criminal career of Australian-Irish outlaw Ned Kelly.
Following that, Orlando prepared for his first leading role in a film: The Calcium Kid. Orlando plays Jimmy, a milkman-turned-boxer who has a chance to win the world boxing title. Orlando trained for the role when he was working on Ned Kelly, and then got "really buff and fit" in London.
In the fall of 2002, Orlando signed on to co-star with Johnny Depp in Gore Verbinski's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Playing Will Turner, Orlando had to learn fencing, and spent time in Burbank, Los Angeles, to film the movie. Because of the filming schedule for this movie, Orlando was unable to attend several premieres for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which was released December 2002. Pirates of the Caribbean was a summer hit, soaring to the top of the box office. Two Pirates sequels are now in the running.
Shortly after, Orlando then signed on to play Paris in the 2004 film Troy, an epic film directed by Wolfgang Peterson. In this film, Orlando performs with a stellar cast, which includes Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, and Sean Bean. With his character wielding yet again a sword and even a bow and arrow, Orlando physically trained for the film that recounted the Trojan war. Like Pirates of the year before, Troy was a summer blockbuster hit of 2004.
Orlando now has several upcoming films.
All films aside, Orlando used to describe himself as an "adrenaline junkie" - in his younger days, he enjoyed extreme sports like sky diving, bungee jumping, paragliding, surfing and snowboarding. Because of his adventurous nature, he's had little mishaps here and there: "I've broken my back, my ribs, my nose, both my legs, my arm, my wrist, a finger a toe and I've cracked my skull three times." However, he says that there's "a little more going on than just that." Orlando is a "complete technophobe," which means that he dislikes computers, email, the internet, and all that jolly stuff. And of course, all the little interesting tidbits pop up here and there, such as him enjoying listening to Jeff Buckley, Beck, Ben Harper, and Jurassic 5.
Orlando Bloom is probably commonly known as "that elf guy from Lord of the Rings," or "that guy who fell out of the helicopter in Black Hawk Down," or "that Orlando Bloom guy," or whatnot. Well, he's just a talented human being who happens to be well known. And a lot of people admire him.
David Beckham is regarded as one of the most stylish men in the world. Whether wearing a sarong or a leather jacket he is never less than impeccably dressed. Together with wife Victoria, the Beckham's lead the way in the fashion stakes.
Born John Christopher Depp in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, Johnny Depp was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school at age 15 in the hopes of becoming a rock musician. He fronted a series of garage bands including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop. Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison, who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series "21 Jump Street" (1987).
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